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Family Of 'Inexperienced' Armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed Searching For Lawyer After Halyna Hutchins Was Accidentally Shot Dead On Set Of 'Rust' With A Prop Gun

The lead armorer on the Rust set is lawyering up.

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24-year-old Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, who previously expressed that she didn’t know if she was ready for the gig on the upcoming Western film, was in charge of the weapons used on set when a deadly mix-up occurred.

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A source close to Gutierrez-Reed told The Sun that the armorer’s “family are supporting her and helping her look for a good lawyer — they feel she’s going to need one.”

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On Thursday, October 21, cinematographer Halyna Hutchins was shot and killed after Alec Baldwin accidentally fired a prop gun that was loaded with a live round.

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The 42-year-old camerawoman was airlifted to the hospital and later succumbed to the wound, while the film’s director, Joel Souza, was also injured in the incident.

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It was later revealed that the prop gun, which Baldwin was told was “cold,” meaning it didn’t contain any live bullets, was actually loaded.

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All eyes have since been on the film’s production crew, specifically those in charge of handling the firearms on set.

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Gutierrez-Reed reportedly was the person who laid out three firearms when the assistant director, David Halls, picked up one of them and handed it to Baldwin, according to a search warrant filed over the weekend.

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The weapons master, who co-workers previously described as “green and inexperienced,” deleted all of her social media accounts following the tragedy.

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Sources told The Sun that Gutierrez-Reed has since “gone dark,” and is “not ready to talk” about the deadly incident.

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“A mutual friend reached out and she said she wasn’t ready to talk, and naturally we don’t know what happened and who was negligent,” her friend said.

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Source: @halynahutchins/Instagram
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The situation is currently being investigated to determine who was responsible for the prop gun being loaded with a live round, but Gutierrez-Reed’s friend insisted that it is “unfair to make assumptions.”

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Baldwin, who pulled the trigger on the firearm, was reportedly in shock after he realized he fired a live bullet.

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As OK! previously reported, the Miami Blues star asked “Why was I handed a hot gun?” in the moments after the accident, claiming that he has never been handed a loaded gun in all of his years on movie sets.

The 63-year-old actor released a statement on his socials, explaining that his heart was broken for Hutchins, who is survived by a husband and a 9-year-old son.

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